Air Wonder Stories, May 1930
May 1930
| Editor | Hugo Gernsback |
|---|---|
| Cover art | Frank R. Paul |
| Publisher | Stellar Publishing Corporation |
| Price | $0.25 |
| Pages | 100 |
- Volume 1—No. 11
- Page numbers run 961-1056.
- Contents page states publication on the 10th of the preceding month. Library of Congress copyright record for this issue shows publication date Apr 15, 1930.
- Cover illustrates "The Air Trap."
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
- Interior art is credited below each art item.
- Story art for "The Air Trap" on page 966 is credited to "Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
- Story art for "The Arctic Rescue" on page 974 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork shows no signature.
- Story art for "Women with Wings" on page 984 is credited and signed "Leonard."
- Story art for "The Invisible Destroyer" on page 1004 is credited and signed "Paul."
- Story art for "The Sky Ruler" on page 1014 is credited to "Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
- Story art for "The Bat-Men of Mars (Part 1 of 3)" on page 1026 is credited and signed "Paul." The story title is given as "The Bat Men of Mars" at the start of the story (as part of the story artwork), but the hyphen is used on the contents page and on the story page headers.
- Parts 2 and 3 of "The Bat-Men of Mars" are published in Wonder Stories, June and July 1930.
- Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story. Those of Chappelow, Kateley, and Repp are signed with initial "B"; the others are unsigned.
- An announcement of the upcoming merger of Science Wonder Stories and Air Wonder Stories into Wonder Stories is given on page 965.
- "The Reader Airs His Views" is a letters column.
- "Aviation Forum" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with aviation questions.
- The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive.
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 966 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Air Trap | Edward E. Chappelow |
| 974 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Arctic Rescue | Walter Kateley |
| 984 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Women with Wings | Leslie F. Stone |
| 1004 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Invisible Destroyer | L. A. Eshbach |
| 1014 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Sky Ruler | Ed Earl Repp |
| 1026 | Serial | Fiction | The Bat-Men of Mars (Part 1 of 3) | Wood Jackson |
| 1040 | Essay | Non Fiction | Aviation Forum (Air Wonder Stories, May 1930) | various |
| 1042 | Essay | Non Fiction | Aviation News (Air Wonder Stories, May 1930) | uncredited |
| 1048 | Essay | Non Fiction | Letter (Air Wonder Stories, May 1930): Aviation and War | Victor Endersby |
| 1051 | Essay | Non Fiction | Book Reviews (Air Wonder Stories, May 1930) | uncredited |
| 1041|1041.1 | Essay | Non Fiction | The Reader Airs His Views (Air Wonder Stories, May 1930) | various |
| 1041|1041.2 | Essay | Non Fiction | Letter (Air Wonder Stories, May 1930): Another Boost for 'Ed.' | Forest Ackerman |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | Air Wonder Stories - 1930 | Hugo Gernsback | |
| Cover Art | Non Fiction | Air Wonder Stories, May 1930 | Frank R. Paul | |
| 966 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Air Trap | Paul |
| 974 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Arctic Rescue | Winter |
| 984 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Women with Wings | Leonard |
| 1004 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Invisible Destroyer | Paul |
| 1014 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sky Ruler | Paul |
| 1026 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Bat-Men of Mars (Part 1 of 3) | Paul |